Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift

2023•1 series•Entertainment / Factual

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Frank Skinner and Denise Mina hit the road again to explore the lives and works of another great literary double act, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, two of the most brilliant humourists in the history of literature.

Episode 1Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift

...Road Trip: Pope & Swift. Frank and Denise meet Ian Hislop to discover how Pope and Swift created satire that still influences writers today, before exploring Pope's grotto. (1 of 3)

Episode 2Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift

...Road Trip: Pope & Swift. Frank and Denise discover how Pope became the poet of the age and find out how Swift's insightful political satire turned him into an Irish hero. (2 of 3)

Episode 3Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift

...Road Trip: Pope & Swift. Frank and Denise uncover the glorious summer when Swift was reunited with Pope in England, resulting in Gulliver's Travels and The Dunciad. (3 of 3)

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